
So I called the helpdesk and told them I have a broken pen here. Sometimes it clicked repeatedly like a machine gun. Service and Support: Fabulous! After some weeks my pen started behaving a little odd, it stopped working from time to time and I had to shake it to make it work again Some days later it went completely crazy: The pen started clicking although I haven't even touched the tablet.

If you have another mouse, use that one instead. Mouse: Take it out of the box, and throw it away as fast as you can! The mouse does primarily work, but everytime you click the pointer begins jumping around like crazy, it's almost impossible to hit a button or link correctly. Pen and Tablett: Work just wonderful! Excellent control over pressure and movements. Pretty much anything will appear as a HID mouse by default, which is fine (perhaps even optimal) for driving a GUI, but not the point in having a tablet.I have recently (three months or so) bought an Aiptek tablet 8000U and want to share my experience with it: I expect cheaper tablets are hit and miss, so do your research before buying. Wacom tablets are well supported in Linux, in a tweaking nf sort of way.

If you have actual art skills, never try a Cintiq (the most lustworthy piece of hardware I've had the misfortune to play with), or you'll be forced to buy one. Except for pressure sensitivity and pen angle range, which are everything else. You can of course use a small area of a larger tablet, but they take up a lot of room.įor actual artwork, size is everything. If you want to use a tablet as a generic mouse substitute, A5 or smaller is better. Neither of us have any drawing skills, so it's wasted on us. She prefers a trackball for left-handed input these days. It is a lovely piece of hardware, and I'll dig it out on the odd occasion I'm doing pixel-perfect graphicsy things.

Barakta has an A4 Wacom from her days as a hand-impaired chemistry student. Lost Your Wacom Pen Or Stylus Let Me Help You Find The Right Replacement For It Losing your Wacom tablet can be frustrating, not only you will have to stop.
